*'Jeopardy!' whiz kid finally loses: Ken Jennings blows final question after record 74 wins/Associated Press: Like Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, this one record may stand forever.

*Control of Montana Legislature hangs by just 1 vote: Constitution Party House candidate leads Democrat in Montana recount/WorldNetDaily: Yet, more proof that every vote counts in some races.

*Principal apologizes for prayer: Administrator recited poem ridiculing political correctness over intercom/WorldNetDaily: This story includes the principal's prayer that set off the PC police. Cut and past it, and send it to your friends.

*Ridge resigns from Cabinet: 1st homeland security secretary to stay on until Feb. 1/Associated Press: The kid batted 1.000. After all, we weren't hit again after 9/11. Saaalute.

*Muslims nabbed in charter-school scam: Campus allegedly took public money, taught Islam to children/San Francisco Chronicle: Every apple barrel has some bad ones to spoil things. Book 'em, Dan-o.

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